PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Aliquip dolor odio nulla magna lorem lorem et dolore voluptua stet. Magna magna at. Ipsum nonumy et autem dolor molestie et sanctus. Dolor amet vero vero sanctus dolor te hendrerit lorem justo et. Ex elitr sed magna feugiat at amet erat nulla imperdiet lorem rebum stet stet. Tempor dolore eos aliquyam eu vulputate est. Sadipscing et duis tempor ipsum possim. Gubergren diam et dolores labore eos sed lorem gubergren clita augue eum ipsum clita sit tempor sit dolor. Consequat ipsum enim eirmod labore eirmod et gubergren et ea magna.
Sample Output H3
Duo vero no amet sea volutpat vero placerat eirmod lorem lorem ipsum molestie vero vero tempor. Dolores stet at vel sadipscing diam ut hendrerit duo ipsum labore eos. Clita sit possim lorem exerci. Invidunt nulla elit ipsum eirmod dolores voluptua et et clita. Justo et consetetur aliquyam dolor at stet kasd ut duo. Accusam est sit et velit labore ea doming dolor erat nonummy et nonumy takimata. Sed et gubergren dolore lorem velit ea veniam aliquyam nisl justo dolor ad. Gubergren feugiat labore et lorem ipsum magna.
Nostrud voluptua no labore. Nonumy vero accusam. Erat volutpat facer aliquyam rebum aliquyam accusam ut. Lorem eirmod amet sit eirmod sea hendrerit duis no. Amet at accumsan erat tincidunt clita. Et sit vero nonumy. Eum nibh veniam vero eum duo magna kasd veniam labore. Nulla eu delenit gubergren. Eros nonummy et. Ea labore elitr ea labore erat clita.
Sample Output H4
Lorem no dolor sed. Nostrud veniam euismod iriure stet clita eirmod elit ut takimata. Dolore amet illum dignissim duo accumsan duo sit. At eos accusam duo nonumy sit consequat lorem takimata option lorem est dolor et lorem sanctus dolor. Dolores rebum amet dolor eos lorem ea labore enim no dolores diam takimata labore voluptua in. Suscipit dolor aliquip wisi elitr kasd amet amet. Invidunt sed ad tempor nulla qui dolor aliquip stet duo clita sea sed ipsum dolore et feugiat tempor possim.
Et rebum amet lorem sed vel nulla dolore dolor hendrerit luptatum diam clita est amet. Sed eos consectetuer vel vel cum sed labore vero diam labore eum nonumy et nulla labore. Erat dolor eum dolore eos minim. Lorem in clita sit et diam. Vero est lorem consetetur. Eos commodo amet nisl duo justo augue adipiscing dolores sanctus.
Sample Output H4
Sit nulla dolore et eirmod illum accusam magna amet diam suscipit erat iriure clita. Duis magna rebum sadipscing tempor sit vero rebum elitr lobortis iriure amet invidunt molestie consequat eos est sed. Sit ipsum lorem diam minim lorem tation eos at sit et sit dolores. Vulputate et takimata et amet sit invidunt erat sed stet placerat. Diam eos et lorem. Et amet sed sea dolor dolor magna et consetetur sit minim id est ut. Elitr dolor invidunt accusam et eu accusam blandit ex amet. Feugait eirmod at invidunt et lorem ut justo nihil ut amet ullamcorper invidunt gubergren lorem accumsan voluptua. Takimata kasd sed diam sit ipsum lorem duis feugiat velit enim blandit aliquyam ullamcorper ut gubergren elit.
Vel sea sed suscipit nonumy. Commodo et dolor. Dignissim vel nulla kasd. Amet at invidunt duo diam imperdiet nonumy justo clita magna lorem magna. Lorem tempor consetetur sit at at sed at elitr eros accusam dolor takimata ipsum et.
Sample Output H3
Mazim augue ipsum dolor dolore dolor. Ipsum clita magna dolores magna quis. Et no et consequat amet aliquip amet doming consectetuer sadipscing no in. Clita diam sit in eu feugiat. Eos invidunt et odio in nonumy. Tempor et iriure. Stet quis id accumsan diam tempor feugiat vero dolor sea tempor no eu accusam. Ut et eirmod dolor justo diam magna eirmod. Vero clita ut eleifend consetetur ipsum nostrud ut. Magna at sadipscing no elit sit et sit lorem te.
Labore stet stet magna sea in invidunt luptatum laoreet at duis elitr est id nonumy. Accusam clita et et lorem kasd sed luptatum dolore duis sit in eirmod lorem et vero. Autem nihil takimata duis volutpat rebum lobortis. Commodo elitr ipsum tempor ipsum labore lorem sadipscing. Et ea quis labore sit justo vero rebum accusam amet sadipscing lorem et nulla soluta kasd. Dolore et ipsum. In est diam no blandit tincidunt nihil invidunt nonumy sea dolor diam. Lobortis dolore lorem sit dolore eirmod lobortis ut commodo sea diam. Nihil ipsum ipsum sanctus placerat.
Sample Output H4
Sanctus et ullamcorper clita sed quis takimata zzril rebum eum kasd accusam laoreet option clita sadipscing lorem sanctus. Et amet sea amet tempor wisi dolor facilisis iriure ut laoreet. Diam no ea vel facilisi et et magna. Accusam dolor ipsum consetetur autem sadipscing minim accumsan. At duo vel augue eleifend luptatum aliquam ipsum ut est et sanctus ullamcorper stet cum sit. Nonummy lorem no ipsum.
Duis invidunt sit duo dolores aliquyam facilisi duo nulla sit praesent. Sit duis dolore quis et. Sed zzril molestie erat ipsum dolores in sed soluta ut no veniam feugait enim diam no dolor ut lorem. Consequat sanctus amet ullamcorper placerat duo et est et et no facilisis euismod facilisis quis eros duo exerci. Nulla diam ea rebum stet sadipscing diam gubergren voluptua erat at dolore augue dolor. Et sadipscing vel sit et dolores diam dolor takimata sea magna vel consetetur. Ut stet consequat magna hendrerit autem duis kasd. Vel elitr in lorem lorem rebum stet sed vel eirmod quod.
Sample Output H4
Erat vel ea facilisi facilisis dolores aliquyam lorem kasd clita stet sed vulputate dolor dolore dolor ea dolor. At clita invidunt qui eum erat tempor sadipscing accusam sed et esse. Eirmod minim nonumy dolor et stet rebum dolor nulla et adipiscing clita tation mazim. Dolor labore sit duis nihil. Lorem at vel gubergren lorem ut iusto in diam dolores lorem.
Stet ipsum lorem molestie lorem id lorem. Iriure ipsum eirmod sit et sed et invidunt sed amet. Lorem sit te justo in. Eleifend ad odio sadipscing dolor eirmod nonumy qui. Sanctus rebum sit accusam lorem eum gubergren dolor ut. Eirmod minim et dolore dolore et invidunt te praesent et lobortis ipsum lorem elit.
More Sample Output H2
Et et sadipscing rebum diam eum sadipscing nonumy invidunt nam magna eos invidunt consectetuer. Ipsum stet sea. Ea consetetur eu sanctus assum et odio dignissim. Erat labore sadipscing dolor et sit stet et duis iusto kasd. Nobis clita tempor justo magna sit est dolore ipsum dolor illum et nonummy rebum diam et. Illum ex et elitr eos sit wisi est dolor qui no consectetuer sadipscing ipsum sit ut dolor. Et ut eos in et accusam magna aliquip vero sit amet augue. Labore sit et in consequat erat vel ipsum sed iriure sit vel nisl amet justo consequat no lorem. Euismod stet et et. Aliquam ipsum ut esse diam magna elitr odio. Et rebum et invidunt duo dolore vulputate labore sed ipsum vulputate at amet et at voluptua ipsum.
Ut suscipit at sed facilisi facilisi in rebum elitr vero enim consetetur sed. Luptatum tation dolor sed quis consetetur diam accusam veniam rebum dolor. Sit dolores nostrud sed. Invidunt takimata et et est sit minim vel gubergren. Gubergren iriure sed sit sed et kasd vero consetetur ipsum nulla sanctus kasd kasd ipsum. Magna takimata dolor clita ea elit erat sea sit lorem. Accusam te gubergren et tempor dolor dolor diam. Eirmod et commodo eos justo. Clita erat kasd elitr in takimata dolor sadipscing diam sed at congue et rebum dolor ea ea eu. Kasd accusam esse et dolores duis eirmod takimata accumsan dolor et magna no sea augue takimata gubergren dignissim nonumy. Volutpat clita et dolore in gubergren takimata justo ipsum et est takimata labore at tempor at.
Sample Output H3
Diam takimata eos in est sanctus eirmod eirmod dolore erat ut eirmod consetetur esse nulla et labore accusam erat. Cum iriure at. Ipsum blandit sed duo amet lorem dolor commodo dolore vero. Ut eos nulla sanctus amet magna adipiscing lorem nulla magna at sit et. Nonumy et kasd erat nobis. Gubergren eirmod vulputate dolore.
Labore esse dolore kasd ut labore no tempor eros et. Ut facilisi nostrud commodo. Consetetur magna amet at ad te ipsum ut. Exerci sadipscing ad erat soluta takimata gubergren sit feugiat lorem justo no elitr eros hendrerit nulla. Vulputate aliquyam consequat. Dolor tincidunt clita vulputate ipsum eirmod et invidunt tincidunt accusam at sit sit tempor congue gubergren consequat.
Sample Output H4
Consetetur dolor dolores sadipscing. Ipsum nulla clita rebum soluta diam dolores sea amet iriure euismod tation sed diam at dolor. Ipsum hendrerit diam et odio dolor. Iriure eos ipsum nonumy justo. Ea lorem sed sed accusam accusam hendrerit duo sit minim nibh kasd kasd et eum. Et justo sadipscing quod dolores nibh et. Tempor eos est sed diam eleifend voluptua vel vel dolor sanctus vero ut. Quis sed dolores no dolore et et.
Vel sit magna nonumy. Voluptua dolor in suscipit accumsan wisi ipsum amet feugait molestie ad elitr molestie amet facilisis. Sea kasd kasd consetetur. In et laoreet. Dolore consequat vel facilisi labore sed est sanctus tation stet iriure consequat minim accusam. Dolor diam nonummy ea no vero sit. Delenit diam amet no duis.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum erat eum aliquyam sanctus sadipscing erat eu takimata nonumy est sea magna sit ut. Amet et sit quis vero sit feugiat vel ex dolore in et takimata. Voluptua dolores kasd ipsum vel amet vero sit et labore et gubergren sit erat amet duo kasd sit takimata. Amet tempor amet nonumy voluptua dolor zzril blandit labore voluptua sed duo clita dolor esse duis magna lorem. Dolore dolor in eirmod sanctus sit lorem nulla id et et elitr ut dolor facilisis voluptua eirmod. Clita consetetur dolor accumsan consequat. Kasd dolor labore.
Kasd amet ipsum eos ipsum tempor volutpat accusam elitr dolor iriure tation duis diam justo voluptua ea. Dolor sit magna clita et est et amet zzril lorem no stet tempor. Nonumy est vero takimata sea eos dolores vel sanctus et clita voluptua diam. Consequat consetetur diam magna facilisi. Clita hendrerit sed no illum vero laoreet et labore aliquip lorem sanctus ipsum erat feugait. Diam et accusam sadipscing sanctus sed nonumy consequat nisl rebum et ipsum diam vero dolore in. Dolore diam et. Kasd ea aliquyam justo ut velit dolor. Vero facer labore nulla dolor. Magna sit dolores eos sed sit diam zzril elitr gubergren ea et nonumy luptatum commodo vulputate nulla.
Sample Output H3
Dolores rebum rebum et dolore elitr ipsum. Nihil et nibh sadipscing aliquyam volutpat accumsan at no kasd accusam id duis kasd lorem autem nulla nulla. Ipsum lorem et cum nonumy. Accusam lorem aliquyam euismod consequat lorem gubergren hendrerit nisl lorem. Vero stet dolore no stet odio labore stet duo duo sed sit vulputate. Ullamcorper clita vero velit nibh blandit cum elitr takimata id tincidunt vero in est ad enim. Kasd amet ea sit no eos justo esse tempor eu placerat tempor dolores elitr invidunt kasd imperdiet consequat. Gubergren aliquyam lorem facer eum dolores amet dolor et accumsan diam vero diam amet. Erat sit voluptua et et sit. Lorem lorem ipsum justo nam diam lorem at accumsan labore et suscipit. Eum id sed.
Duo id accusam accusam sea dolor et voluptua sadipscing sit vero magna. Clita no tation takimata te gubergren erat stet erat nonumy iriure vel vero lorem labore. Euismod voluptua et dolore sed. Clita sea dolore gubergren amet stet ipsum delenit eirmod lorem feugiat dolore nonumy vero amet vero illum. Sed facilisis sea dolor no no clita consequat diam ipsum sadipscing dolores stet amet.
Sample Output H4
Sed nibh et sed. Sit diam invidunt ut magna lorem ut vel molestie sed labore sit nonummy nulla sed stet labore sanctus. Adipiscing tempor lorem dolor clita illum clita molestie. Ea est ipsum labore facilisi lobortis. Dolore lorem sit et eos ea diam eirmod dolores sadipscing congue invidunt diam. Diam ipsum aliquip clita stet at rebum. Amet vero nibh tempor invidunt lobortis. Stet et gubergren dolores est velit diam ut aliquyam magna ut ea ad accusam lorem ea consetetur erat invidunt.
Minim lorem eirmod sanctus vero dolor aliquyam dolore amet voluptua esse te nobis ea qui nihil et et. Sanctus ipsum clita eos kasd augue dolore ut ut sit nostrud magna. At velit gubergren et ea. Takimata ut et sadipscing. Sit invidunt duis. Nobis sit stet erat no aliquam takimata labore at et accusam sed consequat. Dolores dolores facilisis. Mazim invidunt et consetetur sanctus takimata stet id justo sit feugait duis. Nonumy consequat dolore illum tempor.
Sample Output H4
Labore sea duis sit. Ut rebum magna magna amet dolore gubergren sed duis et lorem eos no gubergren kasd ut. Nulla amet takimata vel. Nulla magna diam vel elit labore gubergren labore et sanctus dolore invidunt. Clita diam no no justo diam sit amet clita dolor et stet dolore duis lorem sea nulla stet. Facilisis sed sanctus sit. Lorem sea dolore consetetur amet invidunt sed nulla invidunt.
Lorem consetetur ex lorem et voluptua suscipit invidunt ipsum exerci labore diam lorem dolor aliquip kasd clita sed diam. Duo consequat justo ipsum eos lorem ipsum et rebum amet kasd diam et nonumy rebum diam. Rebum amet et et diam lorem justo erat. Accusam consetetur kasd duo et takimata vero est dolor tincidunt illum esse. Dolor et diam kasd sit. Accusam lobortis est et diam eos congue nonumy sit no justo tation dolore. In ut vero sit elitr. Est feugiat tempor dolore nonumy ut in est consequat est ipsum sadipscing magna sanctus sit et qui.